Department of Law

Program Name: LLB (Hon’s)

About

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Hon’s is an undergraduate law degree that provides a comprehensive and in-depth study of legal principles, practices, and theories. This program typically includes both core law subjects and specialized courses, which may delve deeper into areas such as criminal law, civil law, constitutional law, and international law.

Program NameCreditSemesterDuration
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)13608 Semesters04 Years

Vision

The department of law at Times University Bangladesh believe that Law as a subject is gradually gaining importance both nationally and internationally. It is important that we contribute to the legal sphere in a way that our faculties and students can devote themselves to take maximum advantage of recent changes of legal arena in Bangladesh after the independence of judiciary.

Mission

The mission of the Department of Law is to provide highly qualified students with a superior legal education. The department seeks to prepare students for positions as counselors, advocates, judges, business persons, researchers, teachers, and philosophers of the law. These ends are furthered by a program of academic excellence combined with practical experience. By providing utmost facilities the students will achieve the pinnacle of perfection in legal education.

Degree requirement

A student would be awarded LLB (Honours) degree after completion of 4 (four) academic years earning 136 credits in 8 (eight) semesters with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50.

Objectives

Admission Requirements:

According to University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) rules, applicants for LLB Honors program must have at least 2nd Division or GPA 2.50 or equivalent grade in both SSC and HSC or in any other equivalent public examination. For O level & A level, applicants must have at least 5 subjects in O level and 2 subjects in A level. Among these 7 (seven) subjects the applicants must have GPA 4.00 or B Grade in 4 subjects & GPA 3.5 or C Grade on the other 3 subjects. Regarding Freedom Fighters children, the total GPA considered as 5.00 for each applicant.

Course Curriculum

A student would be awarded LLB (Honors) degree after completion of 4 (four) academic years earning 136 credits in 8 (eight) semesters with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50. In each semester not more than four courses shall be offered and each course will carry 100 marks. As an integrated programme, it carries 3400 marks and 136 credit points. The viva-voce is compulsory for all at the end of the second semester of each academic year and will take place after completion of written examinations. The medium of instruction shall be English and/or Bangla.

Academic Year

The length of each semester is six months and each academic year consists of 02 (two) semesters (Spring and Fall). Classes are held within 19 weeks of a semester and 02 weeks are allocated for Examination.

Features and Facilities of the Department

Department of Law of Times University Bangladesh is fortunate to have the national figure Professor Dr. Noor Mohammad. The Department, under his direct supervision, has been trying to pioneer in legal education by maintaining international standard of teaching and learning. The distinct features of the Department, among others, include:

Objectives

The Department of Law is facilitated by

Scope of the Graduates

The Graduates in Law have multi-dimensional opportunities in choosing their career i.e.

Evaluation of Students’ Performance

Of the total credits allowed for the courses, the performance of each course will be evaluated as follows.

Evaluation CriteriaMarks
Assignment10
Class attendance10
Presentation/Lab10
Mid-term Test30
Semester Final Examination40
Total100

Grading System

TUB follows the following Letter Grade and Grade Point system introduced by the UGC as a uniform grading system for all public and private universities:

Obtained MarksLetter GradeGrade PointInterpretation
80% and aboveA + (A plus)4Outstanding
75% to less than 80%A (A regular)3.75Excellent
70% to less than 75%A – (A minus)3.5Very Good
65% to less than 70%B + (B plus)3.25Good
60% to less than 65%B (B regular)3Satisfactory
55% to less than 60%B – (B minus)2.75Above Average
50% to less than 55%C + (C plus)2.5Average
45% to less than 50%(C regular)2.25Below Average
40% to less than 45%D2Pass
Less than 40%F0Fail